bors thought so, too;

So Ezry pulled his pocketbook and said he’d see

him through.

So ’round the circuit went the hoss and, though

’tis sad to tell,

“The Flying Dutchman” didn’t fly—he never

got a smell.

And when he’d come a-puffing in behind the

whole blamed crowd

Then Ezry swore and shook his fist, and argued